Communication rights, liberalism and the good life

Andrew Calabrese

Chapter 26 in Handbook of Media and Communication Governance, 2024, pp 343-357 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter provides an historical perspective on communication rights advocacy. It shows how liberal political theory has been central to animating communication rights activism, and it contextualizes those efforts within the larger framework of human rights discourse, activism and policy. It also shows how liberalism’s procedural preoccupation with rights-as-means neglects the articulation and pursuit of coherent political ends, leaving liberal institutions vulnerable to illiberal tendencies. The article argues for the necessity to foreground communication rights activism with the fundamental question about the anticipated ends they will serve, and how and why that focus will benefit society.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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